Playbook · Five working days
The canvassing week
A storm hit three weeks ago and the neighborhood has cooled off. How a crew works an older swath, Monday to Friday.
Workflow walkthrough — not a customer story. Times are illustrative.
Monday
Pick the storm worth a week.
- 08:15
Search by date
Storm archiveYou heard a subdivision got hit a few weeks back. Date-search the archive — storms on record back to 2021 — find the day, and lay the swath over the neighborhood.
- 09:00
Check the sizes
The band over the subdivision reads half-dollar to walnut. Big enough to damage shingles, big enough to be worth the week.
1.25″Half-dollar1.50″WalnutExample size bands
Tuesday – Wednesday
Work the band, not the block.
- 08:30
Pin the route
Canvassing pinsSplit the streets under the band between reps. Every knock gets a pin and a status, so nobody hits the same door twice and nobody wastes an afternoon outside the swath.
- 16:45
End-of-day read
The map shows exactly what got covered, what turned into appointments, and what's left for tomorrow.
Thursday
The hesitant homeowner.
- 11:20
Show, don't argue
At-address lookup“We never got hail here.” Pull the address up on the spot: the storm's date and the size at that roof. A map beats a pitch.
- 11:35
Leave the report
Hail reportsGenerate a hail report — the storm, the sizes, the affected area — and email it before you're off the porch. Something concrete for the kitchen-table conversation.
Friday
Set up the next one.
- 15:00
Watch the forecast
Outlook · alert zonesCheck whether hail is in the outlook for the weekend, and make sure your alert zones cover the next market you want to work.
- 15:30
Let the alerts run
Storm alertsIf a storm lands Saturday, you'll know within minutes — before the branded yard signs go up.
See what hit your market.
Every storm on record, every size band, every roof — try it on your own zip code.